Apología de DionisoDionysus in '69 (Brian De Palma / Richard Schechner, 1970), The Bacchae (Brad Mays, 2002) y V for Vendetta (James McTeigue, 2005)

  1. José Antonio Caballero López 1
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

Journal:
Fortunatae: Revista canaria de Filología, Cultura y Humanidades Clásicas

ISSN: 1131-6810,  2530-8343

Year of publication: 2020

Issue: 32

Pages: 75-90

Type: Article

DOI: 10.25145/J.FORTUNAT.2020.32.05 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Abstract

Dionysus is a singularly strange and enigmatic divinity. The myths that relate his birth from the thigh of Zeus, his upbringing among the Hyades nymphs, his victorious campaigns, his love affairs with Ariadne, his entourage of panthers, satyrs and bacchantes… have formed a complex saga that has made him the god of "enthusiasm", of transgression, of transformation, …a kind of meta-symbol of the darkest and most irrational part of human nature. The presence of Dionysus is verified throughout our cultural history. In our paper we study three films basing their story on the myths and mythemes of the god of wine: Dionysus in '69 (Brian De Palma / Richard Schechner, 1970), The Bacchae (Brad Mays, 2002) and V for Vendetta (James McTeigue, 2005).

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